<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="auto">The black plate on my Bugeye was on the last pink slip issued to the car in 1976. That was the last year it was on the road before I finished the restoration in 2000. The DMV let me keep this plate because it was issued to my car. Besides, it looks good against the old English white paint. I will be looking for a set of 1956 (yellow with black letters) year of manufacture plates for the 1956 BN2 I am restoring now.</div><div dir="auto">Mike M</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div id="composer_signature" dir="auto"><div style="font-size:85%;color:#575757" dir="auto">Sent from my Samsung Galaxy , an AT&T LTE smartphone</div></div><div><br></div><div style="font-size:100%;color:#000000" dir="auto"><!-- originalMessage --><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: RCobb <rcobb@sonic.net> </div><div>Date: 7/31/19 2:14 PM (GMT-07:00) </div><div>To: healeys@autox.team.net </div><div>Subject: Re: [Healeys] CA license plates </div><div><br></div></div>Michael,<br><br>Your Bugeye looks good (at least what I can see of it).<br><br>As I recall, this is what happened, during that time period, with CA <br>license plates:<br><br>The yellow, with black letters/numbers plates were issued in 1956, <br>replacing all plates that were currently in use. Each subsequent year, <br>a metal tab (and then a decal) was applied to the top right corner of <br>the rear plate, to indicate current registration.<br><br>The black, with yellow letters/numbers plates were issued in 1963, <br>replacing all prior plates. Decals applied to the right top corner of <br>the rear plate kept it current. These plates are still legal (all YOM <br>issues aside) if they are on the originally-registered vehicle and it <br>has been continuously registered.<br><br>Each of the above plates were formatted with a combination of 3 letters <br>(starting with AAA), followed by 3 numbers (starting with 000).<br><br>About 1970, due to running out of the 3-letter/3-number permutations, <br>blue with yellow letters/numbers began to be issued. They supplemented, <br>but didn't directly replace the black with yellow plates. They had a <br>reversed format: 3 numbers/3 letters. This format ran until 1980.<br><br>So, getting back to the '60 Bugeye, with black background and yellow <br>letters/numbers, the PMG... plate would have been issued perhaps around <br>1966/7, when it was registered and received that plate, assuming it is <br>the plate that was issued to that car originally. I recall that I had a <br>newly-registered car in April, 1969 and it was assigned a ZFY... plate.<br><br>Bob<br><br>> Today's Topics:<br>><br>> 1. Re: Cali 1963 YOM plates (Michael MacLean)<br>><br>><br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 19:22:47 +0000 (UTC)<br>> From: Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net><br>> To: Ahealey help <healeys@autox.team.net>, i erbs<br>> <eyera3000@gmail.com><br>> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Cali 1963 YOM plates<br>> Message-ID: <2073722686.431007.1564600968217@mail.yahoo.com><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"<br>><br>> Plates issued to my Bugeye in 1960.? Restored and still on the car today.Mike MacLean<br>><br>> On Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 11:15:42 AM PDT, i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com> wrote:<br>> <br>> I have a pair of yellow lettered black original plates for sale$200?obo before I list on ebay.?Let me know if interested or want more photos<br>><br>> Ira Erbs<br>> Portland, OR<br>> typos and artifacts are the fault of my phone_______________________________________________<br>> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>> Suggested annual donation? $12.75<br>><br>> Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive<br>><br>> Healeys@autox.team.net<br>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br>><br>> Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/rrengineer.mike@att.net<br>><br>> <br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> An HTML attachment was scrubbed...<br>> URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20190731/b2d93ee2/attachment.html><br>> -------------- next part --------------<br>> A non-text attachment was scrubbed...<br>> Name: 00049_n_r17apnhe67x0049.jpg<br>> Type: image/jpeg<br>> Size: 5877682 bytes<br>> Desc: not available<br>> URL: <http://autox.team.net/pipermail/healeys/attachments/20190731/b2d93ee2/attachment.jpg><br>><br>> ------------------------------<br>><br>> Subject: Digest Footer<br>><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Healeys mailing list<br>> Healeys@autox.team.net<br>> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br>><br>><br>> ------------------------------<br>><br>> End of Healeys Digest, Vol 12, Issue 242<br>> ****************************************<br>><br>><br>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive<br><br>Healeys@autox.team.net<br>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/rrengineer.mike@att.net<br><br></body></html>